2013-14 Men's Tennis Roster

Dave Clower
Dave Clower
Dutch Cowgill
Dutch Cowgill
Dutch Cowgill
Dutch Cowgill
Dutch Cowgill
Dutch Cowgill

Ricardo Hopker

Ricardo Hopker

  • Height:
    6-3
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Curitiba, Brazil
  • Highschool:
    Colegio Estadual do Parana

Summary

Biography

2013-14 (Senior): Recorded five singles victories and seven doubles victories during the dual season … defeated No. 2 Idaho’s Odon Barta 6-1, 6-3 at the Western Athletic Conference Tournament (4/26) … beat No. 3 Seattle U’s Riley Newman 6-4, 6-1 at the Western Athletic Conference Tournament (4/25) … posted a 6-2, 6-4 victory over New Orleans’ Gonzalo Garcia (3/29) … beat Nicholls State’s Evan Karatzas 7-5, 6-4 (3/14) … picked up his first win of the season after defeating Prairie View A&M’s Rasaki Gbadamosi 6-2, 6-3 (2/1) … In doubles, teamed with Chetan Panditi to defeat New Orleans’ team of Blake Gregor and Timo Kranz 8-3 (3/29) … defeated Nicholls State’s Evan Karatzas and Sam Meessen 8-3 with teammate Chetan Panditi (3/14) … partnered with Chetan Panditi to go on a four-match win streak as they defeated Grand Canyon’s Ahmad Saleem and Felix Schueller 8-3 (2/28), UT Arlington’s Javier Perez and Carlos Arbiza 8-6 (2/21), Incarnate Words’ Jair Assuncao and Tucker Brown 6-4 (2/16) and Lamar’s Jeandre Hoogenboezem and Mikko Rajamaki 6-4 (2/14) … teamed with Mauricio Fosado to beat Prairie View A&M’s David Aldaz and Carlos McIntyre 6-2 (2/1) … Went 1-2 in singles and 1-4 in doubles during the fall tournament season … recorded a victory over UTSA’s Boburjon Kamlijanov 6-2,6-4 at the Marco Catering Islander Open … teamed with Chetan Panditi to defeat Incarnate Word’s duo of Brandon Davis and Brody Rodriguez 8-5 at the Marco Catering Islander Open.  

2012-13 (Junior): Earned Southland Conference All-Academic Second Team honors (5/23) ... Picked up seven dual singles win, including two in Southland Conference play, while primarily playing at No. 2 ... Went 12-6 in doubles, including 2-1 in conference play, while playing with Chetan Panditi primarily at the No. 2 position … Defeated No. 58 Texas A&M Corpus Christi’s Matt Westmoreland and Ricardo Mayagoitia 9-7 (4/20) ... Beat Alcorn State's Max Tkachenko and Bhavtaran Singh 8-4 (4/13) ... Defeated Lamar’s Mikko Rajamaki and Bruno Snyder 8-4 (4/12) ... Beat Oral Roberts’ Parker Allen and Nathaniel Avery 9-8 before besting Jason Mechali 6-2, 6-0 (4/1) ... Defeated New Orleans Rui Silva 6-3, 6-0 (3/25) ... Swept matches against Prairie View A&M, beating Ronald Chidzikwe and Karim Fotso 8-3 and then picking up a 6-4, 6-1 win over Craig Wiltz (3/23) ... Went 2-0 against Incarnate Word, winning 8-3 over Nick Mikulcic and Brandon Davis and 7-5, 6-4 over Davis (3/23) … Beat Gardner-Webb University Benjamin Kaszas and Brendan Dampsey 8-4 (3/15) ... Defeated University of North Carolina Greensboro's Gaston Murray and Cameron Smith 8-3 (3/12) ... Swept matches against Schreiner with 8-1 win over Stephen Rogers and Thomas Lozano 8-1 followed by 6-0, 6-0 victory over Austin Carrola (3/2) ... Went 2-0 against St. Mary’s, with an 8-2 win over St. Mary's Brein Galon and Matt Banner and a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Fared Fellows … Won both matches against the University of the Southwest, 8-3 over Thomas Mizera and Alfred Mohan and 6-0, 6-1 over Felix Singer (3/1) … Had a 6-5 lead over No. 18 Baylor's Matt Zsiga and Robbie Korth when the doubles point was clinched (2/16) … Went 5-4 in fall tournament singles ... Closed out fall with 6-4, 6-2 win over SMU's Evan Bechtel at ITA Regionals (10/21) ... Defeated Rice's Gustavo Gonzalez 6-2, 6-4 at the ITA Regionals (10/20) ... Dowend Baylor's Robbie Korth 6-1, 7-5 at the H-E-B Invitational (9/21) ... Partnered with Sebastien Job for lone fall doubles win, 8-4 over UTSA's Diogo Casa and Eric Buchalter at the Islanders Open (9/15) ... Scored wins over Casa 3-6, 6-3 (10-4) and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's Pietro Jordao, 6-2, 3-6 (10-8) at the Islanders Open (9/14).


2011-12 (Sophomore): In singles, finished the season with a record of 7-7 ... recorded his first victory of the season over Bethany College's Alex Sandri (6-2, 6-2) ... defeated Winfried Weinbeer of Alcorn State University 6-1, 6-0 ... defeated Jackson State University's Carlos Martinez in straight sets (6-4, 7-6) ... won back-to-back matches against Vinay Kamineni (6-1, 6-3) and Shayann Vaezzadeh (1-6, 6-3, 6-2) ... In doubles, partnered with Victor Alves for two matches before teaming with Sebastien Job the rest of the season ... recorded his first doubles victory with Alves with a 8-6 win against the team of Shane Higgins and Michale Van Bogaert of Bethany College ... partnered with Job, defeated Nestor Moreno and Carlos Olea 8-4 ... won three-straight doubles matches with victories over the #2 doubles team of Nicholls State, Prairie View A&M, and UMBC ... closed out the season with a victory over Lamar's Denis Ermilov and Carlos Valdenebro 9-7.

2010-11 (Freshman): Hopker and partner Victor Alves had an outstanding win in doubles against Daniel Brown and Beau Blackshear of #6 Texas A&M, 6-4, 5-7, 13-11 ... Also played doubles with Abdel Riani and Sebastien Job ... in singles, had a strong end of season with wins against Yannick Yunger (6-3, 6-2) of UTSA and Nestor Moreno of St. Mary’s (6-2, 6-1) ... went 3-12 in single and doubles.
 
Prep Career: 
Played in numerous ITF Junior Events, reaching a career high combined-ranking of #687 ... advanced to the quarterfinals of the Grade 5 event in Porto Seguro, Brazil, and the semifinals of the Grade 4 event in Santiago, Chile ... competing as an amateur in ATP, won the first round of qualifying at the Curitiba Challenger event, before falling to fellow Brazilian Marcelo Demoliner.
 
Off the Court: 
Son of Milton and Susy Hopker ... Has one brother, Henrique ... Attended high school at the Colegio Estadual do Parana ... Born January 25, 1992 ... Majoring in Mechanical Engineering.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2010-11Freshman

    6'3"
  • 2011-12Sophomore

    6'3"
  • 2012-13Junior

    6'3"
  • 2013-14Senior

    6'3"